|
 |
|
|
|
 The first CD release by In The
Labyrinth has now been reis- sued with 22 carefully preserved
original tracks and a total playing time of 74:05, also featuring a
meticulously restored graphical design but also with new, enhanced
sleeve notes. The label behind this is TRANSSUBSTANS RECORDS, which is a
subdivision of RECORD HEAVEN!
|
"I cry out
in Everyone
|
|
Track List01 Gates of Andorra02 Karakoram pass 03 Escape from Canaan 04 Hiram Abiff 05 Kekova (The sunken city) 06 Ali Hasan 07 Aslan 08 Meditating Minotauros 09 The garden of mysteries II 10 Monsoon 11 Andalucy 12 Journey to Hel 13 Moorish rapsody 14 Trans Turkish express 15 Aral 16 Moorish waltz 17 Desert visions 18 Ya Qader 19 The garden of mysteries I 20 La dame inconnue 21 Almeria 22 Palm-cat Playing time 74:05 minutes |
Musicians Peter Lindahl:
Mellotron, elctric and acoustic guitars, saz, zither, bass,
mandolin, samplers and synthesizers, melodion, viola da gamba, flutes,
woodwinds, oriental and western percussion (dar- bouka, daf,
tambourine,
etc), tamboura, sound effects, vocals, background harmonies and
narration.
P Lindahl: 01, 02 ,
03, 05, 07, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
|
Historical Notes In
May 1994, In The Labyrinth
(then named Labyrint) privately released a cassette called Mysteriernas
Trädgård (i.e. The garden of mysteries), which soon led
on to the CD production of The Garden of Mysteries. This cassette, for
which they held no higher marketing ambitions than to have
distributed among esoteric book (and music) stores around Sweden, had
initially been intended as an experiment in combining shaman drums
with a variety of ethnical music styles. However, the project soon
evolved
into a
more complex format picking up influences from all over the world and
melding together impressions which the band members had gathered along
journeys to both near and far. By the spring of 1995, the first phase of ITL had dissolved due to disagreements over economic and social issues, wherefore Peter Lindahl was left all to himself working for completion of the CD. Although quite a lot of the music had already been featured on the cassette, he added a bunch of new instru  mentals
and a couple of vocal tracks. Peter
found great use of his mellotron, which throughout the eighties had
been standing around virtually untouched. Other odd instruments that
had not seen the light of day for a long time were picked out of the
wardrobe, instruments such as viola da gamba, Turkish saz and
all sorts of woodwinds. The exploration of the mysterious garden led on and on until the summer of 1996, when after a lot of postponing on the former record company’s side, the CD was finally released. This actually meant that APM was putting out an album by a constellation now decimated to what had almost become a one man band! The Garden of Mysteries was
received from critical fanfare by an
overwhelming response even though it was advertantly admitted that the
concept of ITL did not exactly fit in with the “orthodox” definition of
progressive rock.
Current reissue 
Because of
disagreements between the initialmembers of ITL, this
album remained in the vaults for a period of more than 10 years, until
disagreements
were resolved so 'The garden' could once again see
the light of day! The label responsible for this reissue is seated in
the very south of Sweden and is called Transubstans,
which is a
sub- division of the well established indi label Record Heaven. So now,
once again, this album is available both to those who want to delve
deeper into the Mystical Magic of In The Labyrinth and for collectors
of more obscure items.
|
